Sad Joke on a Marae by Apirana Taylor analising questions.

In English, we are practicing for the  Unfamiliar Text exam. in the unfamiliar text exam you are given 3 pieces of text you have never seen and are asked questions on them. This is one of the examples we have been given to practice on.

Sad Joke on a Marae
Apirana Taylor

Tihei Mauriora I called
Kupe Paikea Te Kooti
Rewi and Te Rauparaha.
I saw them
grim death and wooden ghosts
carved on the meeting house wall.

In the only Māori I knew
I called
Tihei Mauriora.
Above me the tekoteko raged.
He ripped his tongue from his mouth
and threw it at my feet.

Then I spoke,
My name is Tū the freezing worker.
Ngāti D. B. is my tribe.
The pub is my Marae.
My fist is my taiaha.
Jail is my home.

Tihei Mauriora I cried.
They understood
the tekoteko and the ghosts
though I said nothing but
Tihei Mauriora
for that’s all I knew.

These are the questions we have to answer 

• What senses does the poet mainly appeal to? The poem mainly appeals to the sense of sight and hearing. It gives the readers/listeners an image of a Maori standing in front of a Marae and shouting at the tekoteko and his ancestors 
• Which images are most powerful or striking? the tekoteko throwing his tongue at Tu. This is because it sought of like the tekoteko is giving Tu the ability to speak Maori. 
• Which sounds are particularly memorable? The calling of Tihei Mauriora
• Which words do you find most striking / vivid / disturbing / moving? propbaly when the tekoteko throws their tongue at Tu
• What are your first impressions of the speaker of the poem (if there is one)? He is a stereotypical Maori, being drunk. I also see him as almost a small man, trying to keep his belief going, but doesn't know how, but is trying his best 

1. Why do you think Māori language is used in this poem? to show that Tu knows more Maori than he thinks he does
2. Is this a rhyming poem, or a free verse poem? Why do you think that is? it is a free verse poem. Free verse poems are easier to write if you don't know the language as well, so it shows Tu's lack of knowledge 
3. Who are: "Kupe Paikea Te KootiRewi and Te Rauparaha”? they are important Maori historical figures 
4. In the third stanza, the poem uses a pepeha style. What is a pepeha, and why would it be important in this poem? A pepeha is a Mihi which is basically a Maori all about me and it tells us that he knows more than he thinks he knows. 
5. Find examples of the following techniques and explain why they have been included:
1. metaphor - My fist is my taiaha. It tells us he is a fighter and strong
2. personification - The tekoteko ragged. It shows us that the ancestors are mad at Tu for losing his heritage. 
3. strong verbs - The teketeko ragged. It shows just how mad the tekoteko is. 
4. first-person pronoun
5. repetition

Organising 2021 Term three (Unfinished)

 These are the major things that are happening in Term Three

School-related
Mock exams (Week 7-8)

Personal
My Birthday (Aug 28)

My goal for Term Three is ...

Pathos, Logos, and Ethos

 In English, we are learning about persuasive writing. As a part of that, we have to look up what pathos, logos, and ethos are. We have to give examples and definitions of each one. Here we go

Pathos - Is using emotions and Feelings to convince the reader/viewer/audience. A quick way to do this is to use, a cute animal, a sappy love story, a devastated family, a sad song, etc. 
An example of pathos is "If we don't do something about this issue now, we are all going to die!" 

Logos - Is using logic and reason to convince your audience. You can use statistics, graphs, charts, and or facts to do this
An example of Logos is "Over one hundred people have tried and tested this and over 80% of them agreed that this works.

Ethos - Is using ethics and ethical imperatives to help sway or convince your audience. This is done by making your audience believe that your way of thinking is the 'right' way to do things. 
An example of Ethos is "As a licensed builder I believe that if we do it this way, we will be done by Christmas."

We are doing this to become better writers and to write more convincing arguments. 

I currently don't have any questions about what we are doing, but I might add some later if I have one.

Links to websites I have gotten my info from
Studio Binder
Writing Explained.org
Your Dictionary.com

Final art post

 In this art post, I am going to be talking about the differences/similarity in Giorgio de Chirico's and Tracey Tawhiao's use of grids. I will be using these two pictures as my examples 

In de Chirico's artwork, he uses quite a loose grid. If you overlay a three-by-three grid, you see that some lines/points match up. he also uses unique perspectives. Normally artists have one vanishing point but it looks like de Chirico has at least 3. 

On the other hand, Tracey Tawhio uses quite a strong grid. She works over the top of newspapers, which naturally has a grid, which she can use as a guide for her artworks. 

These are the differences in Giorgio de Chirico's and Tracey Tawhiao's use of grids that I can find.

Another Art blog post

 In this blog post, we are looking at surrealist subversion. 

One of the first things we need to do is read or listen to an article and then watch a video. then we have to do a thumbnail sketch of artwork from the article. here is mine 

This artwork is by Giorgio de Chirico, called The Uncertainty of the Poet, 1913. In this artwork, we can see a female bust on the left side, with a bunch of bananas beside her. There is an archway in the upper right of the painting, and in the background, there is a steam train. The bananas are supposed to be taken sexually. 

This painting is subversive because it doesn't follow the 'rules of art' of when it was made. De Chirico used linear perspectives and erotic ideas in the artwork. 

Reflection Section.

Hey, it's Friday again! Whoo. Right don't want to faff around, lets get into it.

Text name: Harry Potter and the future's past.

Text creator: DriftWood1965

Text type: Fanfiction

Text purpose: To entertain

Date 2/7/21

Question for today: who benefits from this text?

Answer: Harry Potter fans

Evidence: it is a Harry Potter fanfiction, so the fans will like it

There we go. easy peasy. Read the book, I think you will like it if you like Harry Potter and the ship HarryxHermione

Tracey Tawhiao

 In art, I have to make another blog post on Tracey Tawhiao. This one is about how she uses space, color, and objects in her work. 

The first thing I had to do was a thumbnail sketch. 

thumbnail and original

The objects she uses to make the artwork are pieces of newspaper, acrylic paints, and a canvas. the objects she uses in the artwork are fish. she has also kept a picture of a kiwi, and the word 'Inside' from the newspapers underneath the paint.

There is also not a lot of free space in the painting. It is mostly taken up by fish though the fish are only line art, so you could say the space in the fish counts. She has also filled each fish with triangle designs and one with Maori designs. 

She also uses only a handful of colors. This helps to not keep the painting too busy, and keep it easy on the eyes. The red color is bright and helps to grab the eye. 

I think that is all I need to do here. =)

Reflection section

It's Friday! You know what that means (maybe) another reflection section! Yay!

Today's book is called Battle Scars, Written by Invisame on Wattpad. My question for today is... Who is real in this text. and the answer to that question is.... Nobody, it's a fanfiction. the only semi-real person in the book is us (It's an x-reader book.) 

So there is the reflection. I would recommend reading the book if you like avengers, and if Tony Stark is your favorite character. So yeah. That's the book. Read it if you want. 👍

Tree drawing

In art, we are doing a drawing project in which we have to do two or three drawings relating to our Kopapa or theme. My theme is environment or more specifically looking after trees. Here is my first drawing for this project.

This was based on a photograph I took. this one 

Which I then drew on to get this 

And yeah, that's what I have been doing in art. 

Sofia Minson

For this artistic blog post, we are going to be looking at Sofia Minson, another Maori Artist. 

We had to watch this video and take notes. 

Again I will summerise. She is a Maori who takes inspiration from other religions deities  (Egyptian, Hindu, Maori, and Christain) 

This is the original artwork. Its name is Queen of Raa  I think.

The image is of a Maori woman wearing a Religious crown/headpiece, however, it is not a Maori religious crown/headpiece. I think it may be a Hindu headpiece or an Egyptian one, I'm not sure.

A difference between Sofia and Tracey is that Sofia uses a canvas while Tracey uses newspapers as her canvas. Sofia also takes ideas from different mythologies and Tracey uses themes from the newspaper. Tracey also normally works in grids and Sofia works in full-page artworks. 

Again I think this is all I need to do. If not... whoops.

(Edit 13/8/21)

Sofia Minson uses subversion in her work by combining different religions and deities together in her artworks. 

Reflection Section - The Cult of Dionysus.

 It's Friday again which means another book reflection. Let's get into it.

Title: The Cult of Dionysus (Book)

Author: Ynyr on Fanfiction.net

Type: Fanfiction

Purpose: To entertain.

Who would read this book and why? Harry Potter fans who like different Au's and people who don't mind Harry being a bit OOC (Out of character). Possibly some Percy Jackson fans/Graak Mytholagie fans as well, but not many. 

Reflection section - Dimension soulmates - By Michcamnz

 It's Friday again and so another reflection section! Yay! anyway, let's get onto it

Title: Dimension Soulmates Story
Author: Michcamnz
Purpose: To entertain
Blurb: Katherin Drawn is a normal girl. Well, that is if you count mysterious writing appearing on your skin at random times, and saying random things. When Katherin finally writes back, her whole life gets flipped upside down, as cliche as that sounds.

Who would read this and why?
Harry Potter fans who like the ink on skin soulmate trope, because that is what it is about. And also it's interesting.

Reflection section - Rebirth by Michi on Webtoon

In Wanaga we are doing another reflection section. I know I technically just posted one, but that was last weeks. Whoops. Here is this weeks    

Text title: Rebirth Story

Text type: Graphic novel 

Text creator: Michi

Text purpose: To entertain  

Date: 26th February, 2021

How are children, teenagers, young adults, and adults constructed in this text?

The children are ignored by the adults and not taken seriously, while the adults are trying to take control, even only one of them knows whats going on. And one of the children properly also knows what's going on, but i'm not sure.

Tracey Tawhiao subversion

Our current objective in art is to research and learn about subversion in the art using methods like thumbnail sketches.

One of our objectives is to take notes from the following website:

Art is meant to subvert.

My notes are confusing so I will simply them. 

Art is supposed to challenge the art constructs and make people think and question things. However, some people do not appreciate having their views challenged and so they get angry

If art does not challenge them tough, they will get bored of your art. 

Another task we had to do was to make thumbnail sketches of Tracey Tawhiao's work.

  The thumbnail next to the actual painting. 

Thumbnail versus actual artwork

Within Tracey's work, the act of subversion is shown in the process of painting over a newspaper written in English. Tracey is a Maori artist so by doing this it is almost as if she is trying to cover up the English part of New Zealand. She doesn't make much of an attempt to hide the fact that she is doing it over something is that sometimes she'll let things like words show through. When she paints she uses Maori patterns as if to say that the country should belong to the Maori more than the British. Newspaper is also not really a permanent canvas and is not designed to be painted on.

Another task we had to do was to describe an artwork that she did

In this artwork, (Called Amazon) she did a lot of fish, of varying sizes and shapes. The rounder fish look slightly like targets which might refer to the fish being targeted/hunted. She has kept the word Amazon and a picture of what I assume is the Amazon. she has used a lot of blue in the artwork which might relate to water. 

I think that is all. If not.... well... whoops

Reflection Section- Oh God, Not Again! By Sarah1281

In Wanaga today, we have to summarize a text of our choice. I chose Oh God, Not Again! By Sarah1281

Text title: Oh God, Not Again! (Story)

Text type: Fanfiction 

Text creator: Sarah1281 

Text purpose: To entertain

Date: 12th February, 2021

Who would be most likely to read this text and why?

The people who would be most likely to read Oh God, Not Again! By Sarah1281 are Harry Potter fans, who don't care about the story changeling, and ooc (out of character) characters. I know this because it is a Fanfiction, and those are the types of people who read fanfiction. 

WTE Sentences

 In English at the moment, we are looking at Write That Essay Sentences. These are the types and my examples of them

A Simple sentence - He creeped into the forest. 

A Very Short Sentence - The trees loomed ahead.

The Power Sentence - He knew it was a bad idea, but he had no choice.

Red White and Blue - The ground was covered in roots, rocks, and other things to trip him up.

The Adverb start - Carefully, he made his way through the trees. 

Begin with a preposition (prepositions are little words indicating movement or position) - Between the trees eyes gazed at him, watching his every move.

The -ing start - Wanting to get out of there as soon as possible, he hurried along, constantly checking behind him. 

The -ed start - Determined to complete his task, he pushed on, even as night fell.

The semicolon - Looking left and right he creeped along; Anxiety tickled at the back of his consciousness   

The em-dash - The trees - that creaked in the silence- seemed to close in on him more and more, the further he walked.

The W-Start - Whenever he tripped over a hidden root or rock, he could swear he could hear laughter, even though he knew he alone.

Explore the subject - The Forest, that people said to be haunted, seemed to stretch on forever

Holidays

 In Wananga class today we had to create a list of what we have done in the holidays in alphabet order. Here is mine

Apricots
BNHA
Cousins
D
Entertained young children
Four Wheel Driving
G
H
Ice cream
J
KFC
Lounge around
Make slice
Nachos
O
Pluots
Queenstown
Rain
Swimming in lake thing
Troll under the bridge
U
V
Wanaka
X
Youtube
Zzz

We then had to write what we have done in a paragraph. Again, here is mine (Unfinshed)

In the holidays the first week or so was quite and so there is not much to say apart from the weather was bad, but everyone had that. Christmas was also a quiet affair so again not much to say. We (Mum Dad and me) left for Alexandra on the 29th or 30th of December I think(Rosa would be coming later due to work, and James decided not to come). I know we left a day earlier because the weather was to be bad in Alexandra the next day and since we were camping we didn't want to set up the caravan in the rain. It was a good thing we went when we did because the next day was the beginning of a week of rain. Now you may not know this, but Alexandra usually has an average of 30o every day. And no rain. The complete opposite of what we had. We spent most of the first week in the caravan wrapped up in blankets. We stayed up on new years playing cards with my gran who was also camping with us. 

We had friends come and camp with us on the 2nd of January (Rosa came with them), and we showed them around as they had never been to alex before. It was Rosa and Gran's Birthday on the fourth of January. We opened gifts in the morning. James gave Rosa a very cute dinosaur, who was immediately named it George. we had sushi for lunch and muscles and bacon, chicken hearts and salad for dinner. My younger cousins came at some point within the next week, and stayed for a week. 

We did some four wheel driving at some point. We went up to the Old Man Range in search of snow, but were unsuccessful.